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Sunday, November 29, 2009
A Bit of a Hike
It was perfect weather here today - sunny, about 50 degrees F, a little breeze now and then. Also, it's Sunday. This state doesn't allow hunting on Sundays, so it's possible to meander mindlessly through the woods without worry.
I wasn't meandering mindlessly, though; I was walking to Spirit Falls. I am lucky to live in a part of Massachusetts where there is considerable land protected from development. The Tully Trail crosses many of those protected properties, and I chose a bit of it for this inaugural walk.
The short portion of the trail I walked today starts on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood-control dam, which created Tully Lake. I stood on the dam to take the photo above. Before the Tully and Birch Hill Dams were built on the Millers River and its tributary, the East Branch of the Tully River, in the 1940's, downstream towns such as Athol would experience major flooding regularly. We like these dams. They also provide great recreational opportunities. I started hiking at a canoe launch on the Tully River; despite it being late November, there were two kayakers setting out upstream.
I met several other hikers (and their attending dogs and children) as well. Even with a few other hikers, this was a quiet hike. I saw no moose, no deer, no coyotes, no porcupines, not even any droppings - just one or two chickadees and kinglets. Until I got to the falls itself, this was a hike focused on the small and the underfoot.
In late November, the deciduous woods around here are bare of leaves, just shades of gray, with the occasional flash of white birch bark. On the ground, though, there are many little evergreen groundcovers.
Round-leaved pyrola. These green leaves were entirely under the fallen brown leaves; it was only the withered, upright flower stalk that gave these away to me.
Trailing arbutus:
Mosses of unknown sorts, unknown to me at least:
Christmas ferns. These indicate a richer, less basic soil than we usually have here in central Massachusetts.
A little tapestry of greens:
There's more short greenery as well, but here's something different - Indian pipes:
Indian pipes are saprophytic plants, meaning they have no chlorophyll and subsist by parasitizing soil fungi that have a symbiotic relationship with plant roots. In summer, the pipes are thickish and white; late in summer, they wither, leaving brown stems capped by the seedpods.
The trail here parallels the Tully River at a little distance. I caught glimpses of it now and then.
Across the river was a large red maple swamp, underlain by thick grasses and sedges.
A few trees had signs that Pileated Woodpeckers were working on them. This hole was about 4 inches square.
After an hour or so, I rounded a small ridge and started hearing water. Running water.
I came upon the small Spirit Falls Brook. Crossing over it, I started uphill. Straight uphill. This brook falls about 300 feet in about a quarter-mile, straight down off the long Jacob Hill ridge.
Spirit Falls itself is a long series of small and larger waterfalls. The inch of rain we had two days ago gave the Falls enough water to really splash and rumble. It was a lovely, lovely waterfall.
I stood near the top and watched the water slide off into the air.
I stood for a while, just watching the water flow. And then I turned around and walked back to my car, my face in the sun all the way.
5 comments :
- judy said...
Great walk. I'd have loved to have joined you. I look for arbutus all the time and never find it.
- November 29, 2009
Love. Especially the plant tour, and the woodpecker hole.
- November 30, 2009
- cyndy said...
So glad that Sarah talked you into "agreeing to take a hike twice a month and blog about it."
So enjoyed this post!
Your Gaultheria looks very healthy and ripe! We call it tea berry ...tastes just the the gum!
- November 30, 2009
- sarah said...
Oh. my. Wildlife. Trees. Marsh. *water running over rocks*. We have a theme, perhaps: settled vs unsettled landscape. Yet another reason I walk less locally than I used to!
- December 01, 2009
- Marcy said...
A lovely walk, BG, and a perfect day for it. Thanks.
- December 02, 2009


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Our video games are selected to help encourage activity and participation. There are many benefits to playing video games when done in moderation. Our motion games inspire activity, our sports games inspire cooperation and sportsmanship, our singing competitions encourage showing hidden talents and our puzzle games help grow cognitive development.
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Parents do so much for their children and we understand they could use a party or two themselves. Along with the satisfaction that their child is playing in a safe and fun environment for the afternoon or evening, we also provide coffee and tea for parents to enjoy. With all the high end interactive entertainment in our facility, even parents from time to time have jumped in to show off their sports skills or cut a rug on our dance floor! The only problem parents may run into is their children not wanting to leave our fun playground for kids!
We Don't Forget the Small Stuff!
Any great party lies in the details. Our party packages include all the balloons, loot bags, food, and anything you would remember from the great parties you've attended as a child. There are many things like timing, booking entertainment, serving food, and other things that could go wrong when planning your party that are no longer a concern when you book with us. When you've been throwing kids birthday parties as long as we have, it's hard not to be really good at it!
We also Cater to You – The Booker!
You do so much for your children. That's why we have tailored our service to make life a little easier for the parents who book their birthday party with us. Where other venues may give you some pushback on certain decisions, we are open to all creative suggestions you may have in mind. When you book a party with IFA playground all you need to worry about is getting all the children to our Vaughan location. We've got the setup, the clean up and the take down covered. There's no need to pack a lunch either as we also have that covered for you.
We know at the end of the day a kids party place isn't just for the children. Our success as a premier location for children's parties stems from our ability to provide a service for both parents and their children.
The advice in this article is an extension of the help we give to every parent that comes through our doors and we hope it helped save you some time in your search for the best kids party place for your child. With IFA indoor playgrounds proven track record of making happy smiles, we know we are providing both children and their parents with a memorable time.
Parties are usually booked weeks in advance so we advise you call us now at 1.647.575.6677 to make sure your special little one doesn't miss out on all the fun! Find the right party option for your children today or contact us for more information and details so we can help make their day both fun, safe and unforgettable.


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May 19, 2017
We have been alerted of an incident involving a student at a secondary school in the Black Country – the student is safe but was approached by two males in a car. We advise all students to walk home in pairs or groups and to speak to staff if they have any concerns about getting home safely.
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We are a mobile DJ that is dedicated and committed to offering nothing but the best of services to our esteemed clients. We are passionate and professional DJ who do our best to ensure that they give proficient services. We add a personal and positive touch to the event making it not only unique but also memorable.
Having been in the industry for a pretty long time, the MC and Disk Jockeys that we offer you are armed with high levels of experience making them the best in the market. With our services, we will take the entertainment at your event to a whole new level. We have tailored our services to suit the unique needs of our clients. This includes even our levels of interaction which range from conservative through to outgoing. We however ensure that our style does not take the spotlight. Rather than being the focus of the event, we strive to be part of it and blend with the audience. We keep as far from the spotlight as possible but keep the music as interesting as you could possibly imagine.
We remain a highly trusted mobile DJ and one of the reasons behind this is the way our team interacts with the clients. The staff is made up of friendly professionals who will help you in any way you may need. They are also courteous and energetic and have an unparalleled determination to make you event unique and exciting.
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Lil Wayne brings us back to his late 2015 No Ceilings 2 release with a video for "Cross Me," which features Future and Yo Gotti. The newly released video features Wayne and Gotti, but no Future. The song addresses the inauthenticity and two-faced nature of some people in this world, and the video brings one of those scenarios to life in front of our eyes.
Watch Eif Rivera-directed video for "Cross Me" below.


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Latitude: 51.2636 / 51°15'48"N
Longitude: -1.7997 / 1°47'58"W
OS Eastings: 414072
OS Northings: 151618
OS Grid: SU140516
Mapcode National: GBR 4YX.MV0
Mapcode Global: VHB4Y.RHFQ
Entry Name: Churchyard Cross, 10 Metres South of Chancel, Church of All Saints
Listing Date: 3 June 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1033971
English Heritage Legacy ID: 310975
Location: Enford, Wiltshire, SN9
County: Wiltshire
Civil Parish: Enford
Traditional County: Wiltshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire
Church of England Parish: Enford All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
SU 15 SW (north side)
5/23 Churchyard Cross, 10m south
of chancel, Church of All Saints
Churchyard cross. Medieval. Limestone. Broken shaft,
approximately 70cm high, octagonal, the chamfered sides with ogee
stops, set into octagonal base, raised on two steps, the stones
not set.
Listing NGR: SU1407151616
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
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Webcomics Weekly: Carmilla
Webcomics Weekly, where I take a spin around a webcomic and publicly flagellate myself for not reading more webcomics, as there's such an incredible variety and talent out there. In fact, as soon as someone perfects the extended 36-hour day or invents a proper way to get a full nights sleep in 30 minutes I promise to do this at least twice a week. But until then, you'll have to put up with a regular Saturday thing.
Oh, and if you've got a webcomic that you really, really, really think I'd love, send me a link. Always open to more great comics.
Anyway, this week we're pretty much looking at a brand new webcomic, Carmilla, from Thomas Wellmann, and Dominik Kolodzie, based on J. Sheridan Le Fanu's gothic tale, one of the earliest Vampire tales, published 26 years prior to Dracula.
You may recall Wellmann's excellent Pimo & Rex comic, a joint publication from Blank Slate and Rotopol Press. That was a riot of colour and comedy, funny and thrilling. The plan is to adapt Carmilla online and publish through Reprodukt in early 2016. Which is very much a reason why we need Blank Slate Books more than ever, because this really does need an English publisher to jump on and put it out and Wellmann is exactly the sort of German artist Kenny Penman was so good at putting in front of us.
Carmilla is a tale of a young girl, Laura, whose life changes when she has a vision of a beautiful young woman in her bedroom, and imagines that she's been bitten on the chest. Years later, an 18-year old Laura meets Carmilla, and the young women recognise each other from very similar visions they had when young.
The webcomic (at time of writing this) is in it's infancy, but already is sparkling with Wellmann's gorgeous artwork, the first few pages might be deep in the dark night, but even here Wellmann's art is dripping with rich colours and his sense of tension and pacing is just spot on. Definitely one to add to your must read lists. Here's the first five pages. Enjoy…


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At the foot of Mount Snowdon, the Royal Victoria Hotel is cradled between Lakes Llyn Padarn and Llyn Peries. Bedrooms have baths and showers and satellite TVs. The Snowdon Mountain Railway is within 100 metres and provides a breathtaking journey up the mountain to the summit. Rock climbing, hiking and canoeing are all available in the local area. Comfortable rooms feature home comforts including hair dryers, telephones and tea/coffee making facilities. Free Wi-Fi is available in public areas of the hotel and free parking is also available. At The Royal Victoria Hotel, the Padarn and Victoria restaurants serve traditional cuisine, and a continental breakfast comes included. The well stocked Snowdon and Victoria Bars offer a relaxing environment after a hard days hiking. The Royal Victoria is set in 30 acres of grounds which contain the the 13th-century Dolbadarn Castle. Bangor Train Station is 12 miles away and Tyddyn Mawr Golf Course is just 5 miles away.
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Caernarfon Town Football Club - Football Club
Distance 6.12 miles (9.8 km)
The clubs nickname "The Canaries" dates back to the yellow and green colours worn in Victorian times. In 1876, an athletics club was formed in Caernarfon to take part in football and cricket, although as early as 1787 Old Karnarvon reported that "the Sunday amusements of the people were football, cockfighting and other similar games". The Carnarvon Athletic Club, as it was known, played the first match on 18th November 1876 against the North Wales Training College the formation was an adventurous 1-2-8 and surprisingly finished a draw. Carnarvon Athletics second match was against Bangor, Athletic lost 1-0 and buoyed by this success the Bangor club were officially formed two days later.


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Balance is our suprisingly successful load balancing solution being a simple but powerful generic tcp proxy with round robin load balancing and failover mechanisms. Balance behaviour can be controlled at runtime using a simple command line syntax. Balance successfully runs at least on...
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Balance is reminiscent of the wooden board game Labyrinth where players steer a ball through a maze. Balance players use the mouse to tilt the playfield to balance one or more balls simultaneously to multiple targets through increasingly difficult 3D obstacle courses. Obstacles are various shaped...
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MB Free Balance Number Software is a simple and easy to use software that helps you locate your personal balance number, which in turn, can give you much needed guidance to deal with complicated or challenging situations. It is very necessary to achieve complete peace of mind under stressful...
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Play bar balance game and drop colourful crates onto a balancing bar, drop crates with the same colour to make them disappear. The higher up you drop the more points you get, if a crate falls down then its game over. Use the mouse to move your brick and left click to drop.
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Drag and drop the shapes provided in each level onto the play area in such a way to balance all of the pieces on top of the base (shown in black). The level is completed when all of the shapes are resting securely. Earn bonus points by placing additional gem stones at the end of each level as well.
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Displays customer account balance in the admin & costumer account area. Also added a contribution under the "order totals" category that is an account balance module.
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The customer can view his/her balance by clicking the link "view/change my account settings". The store owner can change an individual's account balance through the customer edit function.This module is activated as an order total module. The way I setup this module is so that it is...
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BS1 General Ledger tracks budget and actual financial data to produce financial statements such as an Income Statement and Balance Sheet, the Trial Balance report, and General Ledger (detail) report.
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Crossroads is a load balance and failover utility for TCP-based services. Crossroads Load Balancer is a daemon program running in userspace and features extensive configurability, polling of backends using "wakeup calls", detailed status reporting, "hooks" for special actions when backend calls...
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Super Sparrow enables users to load balance traffic between geographically separated points of presence by finding the site network-wise closest to clients. This is done by accessing BGP routing information, the information that determines the path that traffic will take on the internet. Super...
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The Balancing Act software was designed as an accessible and easy-to-use simulator that lets you play with objects on a teeter totter to learn about balance. The program also features an included test.
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This is a very simple app that displays your remaining credit balance on a Pay-as-you-go phone. I wrote it for a family member who wanted a simple one-click way to find out her balance. I found you can display the balance by dialling the number *#1345# so that is exactly what this app does, but...
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0 Balance Transfer Cards allows you continual 0 APR credit cards by using a free alert system which assures that your credit card is replaced by a fresh card every time your interest-free credit period comes to an end. Both the process and the alert service are free.
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The project, launched by Chris Crawford, is a remake of his environmental simulation game 'Balance of the Planet'. The complete game mechanics will be rewritten from the original sources and additional resources will be added (images, sounds, music...)
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Useful tool to help you balance up your life.
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MasterGraphicEx adds a lot of functionality to MasterX SDK's MasterGraphic, such as applying grayscale, complement, color balance, brighten, darken, scaling, clipping, etc...
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A message from our chapter President...
I am passionate about my business in windows coverings and I'm sure you are too.
Our passion to improve..., to learn..., to network..., and to grow as one is significantly unique to our chapter. I must say there's never been a meeting where I didn't learn something new or get to meet or know someone better. Its riveting and I'm personally motivated by it.
I look forward to the inspirations you bring and collaborating on a higher level to more than satisfy your expectations. We, the officers and board members are committed and promise you a variety of events we hope will enhance and elevate you as a business owner in the window coverings industry.
I sincerely appreciate each and every member and hope you'll partake and help make 2018, another memorable year.
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A series of group workshops delivered in prison, for young people aged 15 to 25, who want to create a crime-free future.
Followed by optional one-to-one life coaching 'through the gates' and on release in their communities.
The Hero's Journey programme helps young people understand how change happens – and how to navigate it.
Applying our 'Hero's Journey' model to their own life, they gain insights into past decisions and their consequences; a clearer understanding of where they are now; and what their life could be in years to come.
The coaching approach emphasises future orientation, and it sparks
a fundamental shift in cognition. Participants learn how to identify and challenge their own limiting beliefs and negative self-talk. They develop greater resilience and self-awareness; build a more positive self-identity; and identify future goals that excite them.
Participants may self-refer for this programme, be introduced by peers, or be referred by prison staff.
When I went to jail for the fourth time, I thought I would either spend the rest of my life in jail or I would end up dead. I had mixed with the wrong crowd all my life and graduated from petty theft of mobile phones and selling cannabis when I was 13 to robbery and grievous bodily harm a few years later. I first went into prison when I was 16 and was in and out of the system for the next six years.
I was on a road of destruction and felt I didn't really have anything to live for because I didn't think much more was possible for my life.
But then I worked with Spark Inside. Before the workshop I didn't feel like I could talk to other people, I kept my feelings bottled up. But the workshop helped me realise that I could talk to people and they would listen and they would understand. It helped me to understand other people better too.
It also helped me to see I was living for today and I wasn't living for tomorrow. I wasn't thinking about the future. So I started to think about what I wanted to do with my life because I knew I didn't want to keep coming back to jail. I reconnected with the fact there was so much more to life; that there is always a solution to any problem; and that the impossible is possible.
I've left prison for the last time and I'm not going back. I know I can make it.
I had lost belief in myself but the whole programme – the workshop and one-to-one coaching – restored the belief that I can do anything I want if I put my mind to it. It also opened my eyes to all the other possibilities and avenues that I could take to achieve what I wanted in life.
The coaches saw the spark in me that I hadn't seen in myself for a long time, and it gave me hope that it wasn't too late to change things.
When you feel like no one is listening to you and no one cares you start to resent the world, but the Spark Inside coaches made me feel heard and understood and helped me see the world in a different light.
I would love to see this course delivered to every person in prison, to anyone who has lost hope or direction so they can regain their focus and their belief in themselves.
Our second programme is currently in development.
We aim to catalyse culture change on whole prison wings, to create safer spaces that support rehabilitation.
Prisons become places of rehabilitation when both prisoners and staff take joint responsibility for co-creating a safe and supportive culture.
We are the first to bring systems coaching methodology into UK prisons. We piloted this new approach at HMPs Belmarsh, Brixton and Pentonville.
Systems coaching works with large groups. Up to 60 representatives of a prison wing – staff and prisoners – participate in a series of workshops together that are specially designed to encourage dialogue, reduce conflict and tension, and inspire empathy and cooperation.
The systems coaching workshop at HMP Pentonville has given us a chance to understand what staff, young and old inmates go through and how they feel about prison.
Introducing this programme has really made a difference, because it gave the young offenders a chance to see the staff's point of view, and see the older inmates' point of view. The young people that attended have changed their behaviour, in the way they talk and act with the officers. I see a different approach in how they are dealing with day-to-day issues. When before they had a really negative attitude, now they're kind of understanding, you know it's not because officers don't want to do something, they haven't the time to do what I am requesting. When you hear the officers' sides and see what they're struggling with, you begin to realise it's not their fault. The young people are taking a more relaxed approach, they have a whole new attitude which is a good thing. It's calmer and more relaxed, which eases the tension.
It gave officers a chance to express as well, how they actually feel. You really think they have it easy, they go home at the end of the night and we're here. You know we suffer this punishment, we're going through all of this. But at the same time it's frustrating for them as well.
The young people are taking a more relaxed approach, they have a whole new attitude which is a good thing. It's calmer and more relaxed, which eases the tension.
It gave me a greater understanding of the situation we are in right now. It helps people have a better understanding of each other, whether you are an inmate or staff. It's given me a greater insight of what the officers are going through, and it is a really stressful job. It's made the staff look at the inmates' emotions and frustrations differently. It's given them the chance to see a different emotional side to the prisoners.
Now we have a greater understanding about how to make things better within the community we live in. It's made an impact and relieved tension.


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By Yanis Varoufakis
"Varoufakis [promises] to explain economics in a language that everyone can understand, in place of the jargon- infested pseudo-scientific language of mainstream economics....Varoufakis comes up with a vivid comparison between money supply and the market in cigarettes in a German prisoner-of-war camp to explain inflation, deflation and interest rates, in terms any teenager – or adult – will understand . . . Varoufakis does equip his readers with the beginnings of a new language, and punctures myth after myth" — Anna Minton, The Guardian
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
By Jodi Meadows, Cynthia Hand and Brodi Ashton
★ "Holds all the flavor of a juicy period novel yet with the addition of numerous, witty asides. Full of wry humor and laugh-out-loud commentary. The authors' affection for their source material is abundantly clear in this clever, romantic farce." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
★ "A delightfully deadpan deconstruction of a Gothic novel, with a ghost almost no one can see providing the commentary. Marvelously self-aware and almost too clever for its own good." — Booklist (starred review)
★ "A madcap story of ghosts, possession, revenge, and murder. Humorously blends fact with fiction and offers a gentler, more hopeful outcome for Charlotte, her siblings, and her heroine." — School Library Journal (starred review)
"Reader, it delighted. A fun, supernatural mashup of different literary novels that shines on its own merit." — Kirkus Reviews
Publisher: Harper Teen
"Donald Hall writes about love and loss and art and home in a manner so essential and direct it's as if he's put the full force of his life on the page. There are very few perfect books and A Carnival of Losses is one of them."—Ann Patchett
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
"Engaging and unexpected, voice-y and full of verve, this a whip-smart swan dive into all the messiness of best friendships and new romance, fitting in and growing up."--Katie Cotugno, New York Times-bestselling author of How to Love
"An intense, emotional debut about finding one's place in the world and throwing off labels applied by other people."--Jodi Meadows, author of Before She Ignites
"Lulu Saad is exactly the girl YA fiction has been looking for: a fearless and beautiful Arab-American Muslim ready to take the world by storm. Sparkling with humor, wit and vulnerability, Safi's debut will make you laugh and cry." --Tanaz Bhathena, author of A Girl Like That
"Fiercely unapologetic and unapologetically fierce. This is exactly the kind of bold, messy, girl-driven, friendship-centric narrative that I have indeed been looking for."--Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, author of Firsts
"A sexy, multifaceted and beautifully complicated debut for anyone who has ever struggled with friendships, religion, and love. A must-read!" --Nisha Sharma, author of My So-Called Bollywood Life
"Deftly written and darkly funny, this is an unflinching portrayal of what it's like to be a girl who refuses to be boxed in. Lulu and her friends are fierce, flawed, feminist, and full of heart – not to mention utterly unforgettable." --Katy Upperman, author of Kissing Max Holden
"Not the Girls You're looking For are exactly the girls you're rooting for. Lulu is fierce, loyal, and a main character you won't soon forget. An honest slice of teen life from a teen character you need to know." --Sara Farizan, author of If You Could Be Mine
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Author Website: AminahMae.com
By Christoher White
"In this illuminating volume, White sets out to capture the look and feel of traditional Maine lobster villages [...] White conveys the significance of lobsters to people all over the world in this enjoyable sojourn with the lobster folk."—Publisher's Weekly
"An in-depth look at the state's most significant fishery [...] Lobsters are intrinsically linked to the soul of Maine, and White's thoughtful chronicle gives both the highly desired marine crustaceans and the people who seek them their due."—Booklist
"Jumping aboard lobster boats and heading to sea, White (The Melting World: A Journey Across America's Vanishing Glaciers, 2013, etc.) returns with an affecting report on the way humans have mismanaged marine resources. … A solid demonstration of why those who have a taste for lobster rolls better eat up while they can." —Kirkus
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Author Website: www.lastlobster.com
By David Kertzer
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Pope and Mussolini takes on a pivotal, untold story: the bloody revolution that stripped the pope of political power and signaled the birth of modern Europe.
"Tense . . . probing . . . Diverse personalities, regimes, and philosophies come into focus as formative influences on the unpredictable evolution of church, city, nation, and continent. Essential reading."—Booklist (starred review)
Publisher: Random House
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Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
A New York Times Notable Book of 2016
A New York Times Editor's Choice
"This book is an original achievement, the kind of history that chastens our historical memory as it makes us wiser." —David W. Blight
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
Author Website: Princeton.edu/Wendy-Warren
"In the past couple of decades, scientific research has shed unprecedented light on why we eat what we eat. This engaging and accessible account by a leading neuroscientist has something for everyone: consumers trying to make their way through the supermarket, parents worried about their children's fads and fancies, and all of us who are curious about the causes underlying the dozens of food choices we make every day."-- Rachel Laudan, author of Cuisine and Empire: Cooking in World History
Author Website: RachelHerz.com
Publisher: W.W. Norton
"An absolutely first-rate and blazingly original work of scholarship. Walker's sagacious and path-breaking analysis will be lauded and embraced by scholars in multiple disciplines."—David J. Garrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Bearing the Cross and Rising Star
"Highly original and made vivid by close readings of both well-known and little-known texts, The Burning House traces the emergence of 'Southern pluralist views' that 'respected diversity and also tolerated inequality.'"— Werner Sollors, Harvard University
"Beautifully written and well researched, The Burning House examines Jim Crow through the lenses of culture, community and intellectual history and makes an invaluable contribution to studies of race and American history."—Tomiko Brown-Nagin, author of the Bancroft prize-winning Courage to Dissent
Publisher: Yale University Press
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"When I want to explain the sublime creation that is soccer, I will hand out this gorgeous tome. Laurent Dubois comes to the game by way of politics, history, and true love. His book is eloquent, erudite and delightful company."―Franklin Foer, author of How Soccer Explains the World
Author Website: Laurent Dubois
Publisher: Basic Books
By Andrew W. Kahrl
"This is a remarkable story about creative resistance to inequality--and about the ways that wealth and privilege have helped rob so many of a necessary connection to the natural world. It will make you angry, and hopefully it will make you active."—Bill McKibben, author of Radio Free Vermont: A Fable of Resistance
"This impressively researched, eloquently written, and artfully constructed book is very important reading for anyone interested in understanding the roots of inequality in the northeast and the nation."—Lily Geismer, author of Don't Blame Us: Suburban Liberals and the Transformation of the Democratic Party
"An illuminating and damning account of power and privilege in late twentieth-century America."—Colin Fisher, author of Urban Green: Nature, Recreation, and the Working Class in Industrial Chicago
Publisher: Yale University Press
"[Kathryn Miles] will inspire you to explore, enjoy, and protect the planet."—Sierra Magazine
"Quakeland is everything a popular science book should be: well-researched, anecdotal, sometimes humorous, and easily understood."—Shelf Awareness
"Engrossing, timely, thoroughly researched… Smart, compelling, and fearless in its embrace of science, Quakeland is full of fascinating people imparting big truths. We ignore their knowledge at our peril."—Booklist
Publisher: Dutton Books
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"A fully realized fantasy world complete with dragons, treachery, and flawed characters discovering their courage. I couldn't put it down!" —C. J. Redwine, New York Times bestselling author of The Shadow Queen
"Meadows portrays acutely Mira's insecurities about not living up to the demands of her station or to her mother's expectations…while exploring issues of inclusivity and discrimination. Fans of Naomi Novik's Temeraire series or Julie Kagawa's Talon books will be delighted." — Publishers Weekly
"The complex political system is compellingly built, and Mira's characterization is admirable. Hand to fans of rich world building—and, of course, fans of dragons."— ALA Booklist
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Author Website: JodiMeadows.com
"One of the greatest political memoirs of all time." -- The Guardian
The Sunday Times Number 1 Bestseller (UK)
Author Website: YanisVaroufakis.eu
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
"Taylor's Hue and Cry is a vast offer of thanks and glowing triumph, his masterpiece to date." —Richard Howard, winner of the Pulitzer Prize
"A marvel of a book—elegant, touching, singular." —Mary Karr
Publisher: Penguin Books
Author Website: BenjaminTaylorAuthor.com
"What makes Wild Nights so liberating is that it is descriptive, not prescriptive. It does not hector...It aims, rather, to describe the social history and evolving culture of sleep--through literature, through ethnographies, through old diaries and memoirs and medical texts... [Wild Nights] pops with insight."--Jennifer Senior, New York Times
Author Website: Emory.edu: Benjamin Reiss
Publisher: Basic Books
"After writing a spate of short stories, [Sharon Solwitz] returns to the longer form with a ravishing sense of place . . . and a heightened, almost surreal, feel for how intense emotions alter our perception of the world, especially in youth. Solwitz's surging, many-threaded, complexly insightful tale dramatizes not only personal crises, but also the violence of the infamous 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago. Timely and timeless."—Booklist (starred review)
"[An] honest and soul-baring novel about choice, fate, and the consequences of youthful idealism . . . a dark novel that knowingly depicts the confusion of being a teenager and the strong bonds of friendship that form at that young age."—Publishers Weekly
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Author Website: SharonSolwitz.com
"In his penetrating new book, Thunder in the Mountains, Daniel J. Sharfstein shows how the meaning of freedom was contested after the Civil War not only in the South but all the way to the Pacific Northwest....Sharfstein's account makes for absorbing reading; it adds immeasurably to our understanding of the complicated, interwoven lives of those who fought for 'progress' east and west." — Henry Louis Gates Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University
Author Website: DanielJSharfstein.com
Publisher: W.W Norton
Finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in History
"A spellbinding narrative that uses Chinese, Russian and Japanese sources to expand the story of the first American attack on Japan during World War II." —Pulitzer Prize Committee
"When I grew up in the house of a fighter pilot, it was a religious tenet with my father that the Doolittle Raiders were the bravest pilots in the history of flight. James Scott's epic historical work, Target Tokyo, makes that opinion seem almost unassailable. Target Tokyo is one of the most incredible accounts of American military valor I've ever read." —Pat Conroy
Author Website: JamesMScott.com
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
"A profoundly moving true story about one remarkable family's evolution."—People
"Fascinating and enlightening."—Cheryl Strayed
"[Becoming Nicole] generously traces the parameters of parental love . . . delving deep into the case of a single family with a transgender child and discovering in its particulars certain universal truths about the ways children arrive in one's life already themselves."—The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice)
Author Website: AmyNutt.com
Publisher: Random House
"Kertzer has an eye for a story, an ear for the right word, and an instinct for human tragedy. This is a sophisticated blockbuster."—Joseph J. Ellis, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Revolutionary Summer
"A fascinating and tragic story."—The New Yorker
"Revelatory . . . [a] detailed portrait."—The New York Review of Books
Author Website: DavidKertzer.com
Publisher: Random House
Winner of the 2016 New York City Book Award
Winner of the 2015 Society for Historians of the Early American Republic Best Book Prize
"This is historical detective work of the highest magnitude... Indeed, the feeling the book left the prize committee with after its 300-plus pages was: how could the story of an American character this fascinating nothave been written before?" —2015 SHEAR Best Book Prize citation
Author Website: JeremiahHamilton.org
Publisher: St. Martin's
"[A] harrowing [portrait] of life behind bars . . . part confession, part jeremiad, part lamentation, part picaresque novel (reminiscent, at times, of Dickens and Defoe)."—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
Publisher: Random House


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Church's Chicken
910 S Us Highway 31 Bay Minette, Alabama 36507(251) 937-3432 Website
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I Know What Good Is!
AboutChurch's Chicken is located at the address 910 S Us Highway 31 in Bay Minette, Alabama 36507. They can be contacted via phone at (251) 937-3432 for pricing, hours and directions.
Church's Chicken has an annual sales volume of 1M – 1,999,999. .For more information contact Mary Connell, Manager or go to www.churchs.com|www.facebook.com/churchschicken|www.twitter.com/churchschicken
For maps and directions to Church's Chicken view the map to the right. For reviews of Church's Chicken see below.
Business Features
- fast food
Phone: (251) 937-3432
Website: www.churchs.com|www.facebook.com/churchschicken|www.twitter.com/churchschicken
Slogan: "I Know What Good Is!"
Main Contact First Name: Mary
Main Contact Last Name: Connell
Main Contact Title: Manager
Corporate Name: Cajun Operating Company
Employee Size: 10 To 19
Exact Employee Count: 12
Exact Sales Volume: 1500000
Location Features: Air Conditioning, Take Out, Casual Dining, Dine In
Location Features Syn: Sit Down, Pick Up, Eat in, To Go, Carry Out, Seating, Dine Out, Take Home
Sales Volume: 1M – 1,999,999
Specialties: American
Specialties Syn: American Food, American Restaurant
Year Started: 1952
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"Reflection is an important part of happiness, and pausing to reflect on a positive event from each day cultivates gratitude".
Our homes are an extension of who we are: what we do within the walls of our abodes shapes our mood, affects our productivity, and influences our outlook on life. Scientific studies have shown that we can have an impact on our happiness by adjusting the tiny little habits and routines that constitute our daily lives — we are, in fact, in control of our outlook on life.
It's amazing how a few tweaks to our daily habits can become a catalyst for meaningful, positive change. Here are a few simple things you can do every day to feel happier at home. I will share with you small things that have helped me enjoy my life and enhance my happiness.
Make your bed. One of the most popular saying by my Dad when I was growing up was "early to bed and early to rise makes someone healthy, wealthy and wise" but when you do, make sure you don't suck in your first task of day, making your bed. The three minute task is one of the simplest habits you can adopt to positively impact your happiness. When this task is completed, it sets you on a path of completing other tasks,…….. it might be taking a shower, finally leaving the house, attending a meeting and maybe finally signing the contract. (I heard that in some commencement speech, I have forgotten where) And if your day will not be as fun as you anticipated, at least you go back to a made bed. – okey, that was Chimamanda Adichie.
Display sentimental items around your home. One reason that experiences (and memories of those experiences) make us happier than material things is due to the entire cycle of enjoyment that experiences provide: planning the experience, looking forward to the experience, enjoying the experience, and then remembering the experience. Make your home a gallery of positive memories. Items you value most, make sure they are displayed, well where your eye can reach.
Start a gratitude journal. I always say, one problem about journaling is that those secrets that lied safe in your heart are now out in a book, and their safety is threatened. My wife always wants to know what is in my Journal, but that is besides the point. Before bed, simply jot down one happy memory from that day. (If you have kids, you can ask them, "What was the best part of today?") Reflection is an important part of happiness, and pausing to reflect on a positive event from each day cultivates gratitude. (An added bonus: Later, when your memory is defunct, you will already have all of your meaningful adventures recorded!) Well if the above is difficult for you, just know you are not alone,…..just journal in your own way. Just like me.
If you can't get out of it, get into it. This tip comes from The Happiness Project. I love the message: The dishes are not going to clean themselves, so you will do it, and you will like it! (
Unless, of course, you can outsource this job, in which case I say: Nice work!) Otherwise, get into doing the dishes. Feel the soothing warm water on your hands. Enjoy the tickle of the tiny bubbles. Crank your favorite album at an unusually loud volume, do a couple fist-pumps while shouting "Can I get a hell yeah for the dishes? Hell! Yeah!" and pretend you love it or just maybe, Love it.
Before you get up each morning, set an intent for the day. In The Art of Happiness, the Dali Lama says ""Every day, think as you wake up: today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it." Wow. What a wise man. I tend to wake up with a strong visceral reaction that says, "Attention human beings: Be afraid of me before coffee. Be very afraid!" Setting a daily intent makes a huge difference. Your daily intent could be something like "be productive" or "enjoy today's delicious moments" or it could be something more specific like "say thank you to my wife today." But it should not be another "to do" item on your list. Be intentional.
Spend money on things that cultivate experiences at home. Save money for a new grill for parties or a new DVD for family movie night — something that will encourage you to have people over and entertain. Plan a barbeque, invite your closest friends, kick back and relax. (And don't forget to print out the pictures to remember the good times.) I will say this the most nicest way, Internet, that thing that connects you to the world,…..that you are so happy to have, destroys more relationships than it builds. Internet is like the devil crawling at you, and you must master it.
Spend a few minutes each day connecting with something greater than yourself. In my case, I am a born again Christian, I read the bible everyday and pray, fasting is not my strength…..I am being very honest so be kind. Whatever your spiritual beliefs — or
non-beliefs — may be, studies show that connecting to a high power is correlated with happiness. No man is an Island…….that's from Bob Marley's song but am sure you get the point. "But thou shalt remember Jehovah thy God, for it is thee that giveth power to create wealth" Deuteronomy 8:18 Just stepping back to realize that we are part of an enormous power of our creator can put some perspective on your life.
Before bed, spend just a few minutes contemplating something larger than yourself, read the bible, pray and have moments of meditation. Enjoy Quiet Personal Time.Take a walk in nature, the one place that connects us to the creator or in other cases the universe. The place of utmost peace, the place if you ask me, that should be everyone's portion. Write in a journal. Buy flowers, and cherish them, place some art on the walls. Create a sacred space in your home (
Or if spirituality is really not your thing,…….try to make it your thing and if 1,2,3,4,5,6 times doesn't work, create a home spa: light some candles, soak in a hot bath, delve into a good book… are you feeling better yet?) If not, repeat.


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Archive for December, 2011
China to Launch GPS Alternative With Own Beidou navigation systemWednesday, December 28, 2011 11:23 No Comments
China on Tuesday began offering its own satellite navigation system to users, as an effort to move away from the nation's reliance on the U.S.-built NAVSTAR GPS network. Beidou now offered location, timing and navigation data to China and surrounding areasannounced the project's spokesman Ran Cheng. China has been working on the system since 2000 to provide an alternative to the US government-run Global Positioning System (GPS). The move should make China's military less dependent on foreign technology. A launch earlier this month delivered the tenth of Beidou's satellites into orbit. Beijing plans to send a further six satellites into space by 2012 to extend the sy
AT&T Introduce LG Nitro HD Android Phone with 720p HD Display and LTE 4GTuesday, December 27, 2011 14:24 No Comments
AT&T launches its third 4G LTE smartphone, the LG Nitro HD which is the carrier's first smartphone to have a true HD screen. The new Nitro HD comes with a 4.5-inch True HD AH-IPS (Advanced High-Performance In-Plane Switching) touchscreen with 1280×720 HD resolution (ie.329ppi) and 500 nit brightness. It supports AT&T's LTE 4G high-speed data network. The Nitro HD boasts a 1.5GHz Qualcomm APQ8060 dual-core processor and runs Android 2.3.5. It has a 8 Megapixel main camera, a 1.3 Megapixel front camera for video chat, Bluetooth, WiFi connenctivity with support for WiFi Direct, DLNA for wireless streaming to compatible devices. In addition to 4GB onboard storage, the phone comes
Chrome 15 Becomes World's Most Popular BrowserThursday, December 22, 2011 19:02 No Comments
Google's Chrome 15 browser is now the most popular browser build in the world. New data from StatCounter suggests that Chrome 15 recently reached a total global market share of 23.6% compared to Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 market share of 23.5%. Internet Explorer still has the largest global market share if you combine all versions of the browser, however. While Chrome 15 may be more popular on a global scale, that's still not the case here at home in the United States where it had an 18.1% market share as of December 5th, while Internet Explorer 8 had a 27% share. "Looking at the daily stats, Chrome 14 and 15 have been overtaking IE8 at weekends since the beginning of October
Microsoft launches So.cl New social network for studentsFriday, December 16, 2011 17:19 No Comments
Microsoft officially took the wraps off of its new social network for students on Thursday. The service is called So.cl and was developed by Microsoft Research's FUSE Labs division. It's currently in "experimental" stages and is available to students attending the University of Washington, New York University and Syracuse University. So.cl allows users to log-in with their Facebook accounts and offers a similar set of features. In addition to adding status updates, photos and links, users can also join "video parties" to watch movies and chat with a group of friends. "So.cl is not meant to replace existing full-featured search and social networking tools," Microsoft said on


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Oster 16 speed blender is a great product for people who love making smoothies. If a person wants his smoothies to be perfectly creamy and free of ice pieces then this product serves your purpose. The blender has a wide range of speeds that allows the consumer more freedom when they are blending. A home maker can choose the thickness and the consistency of the smoothie.
The blender can also be utilized for several other purposes like making salsa, malts, milkshakes, soups and baby food etc. Oster is a trusted brand among the other kitchen appliances brand. They have made some great products in the category of blenders, toasters, convection ovens, mixers and other table top appliances. The oster 16 speed blender has a neat brush nickel base and an attractive design. The jar has a sturdy look with a grooved glass and a smooth interior. This makes it easy to pour the blended items.
Though, nickel or black are the only color options in this design…
The features of this blender turn into the benefits of a user! It has a powerful 450 watt motor with 16 speeds and pulse blending options. These features give a user complete control over their blending and mixing. The blender is extremely durable due its all metal cover. The buttons and other controls given in the oster 16 speed blender are all one-touch and push button controls. An ice crusher blade comes with the blender. Now it is easier to make all the frozen drinks and smoothies in a jiffy and with ice lumps. The glass of the jar is scratch resistant and comes with a leak proof lid. If a person wants to add some ingredients during the blending then he can do so. There is a feeder cap that lets a person put in ingredients during blending.
All the blades are made of stainless steel and are pretty strong. A person can clean the blender very easily and this is also dishwasher safe. You can set the speed according to the requirements of the recipe and this blender is great for crushing ice!
One will have no problems in storing this blender as it comes with cord storage facility. This product is also priced very reasonably. The jar of the blender is quite large and it can hold about 5 cups. One can dissemble the blender into pieces and the cleaning is thus an easy affair. When dissembling one will always worry that he will lose the rubber seal or it will get destroyed.
But after keeping it for a year, I still haven't lost a piece of oster 16 speed blender…
The base of the blender is sturdy and heavy and it keeps the machine anchored on the table. The glass jar is chunky and durable. The oster 16 speed blender is great when you compare the features with the price. It is more efficient and high on performance than the other expensive blenders around! I am sure it will not disappoint you!


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Albert to call "PBC on NBC" debut show, Saturday, March 7, live in primetime on NBC
Albert and "Sugar" Ray Leonard to partner on all NBC Shows
One of America's legendary broadcast voices, Marv Albert, will serve as blow-by-blow announcer for "Premier Boxing Champions on NBC," it was announced today. Albert will be joined by analyst "Sugar" Ray Leonard for the debut of "PBC" in primetime Saturday, March 7 (8:30 p.m. ET), on NBC. Al Michaels will host.
Albert will team with six-time world champion and 1976 Olympic gold medalist Leonard on all 11 of the 2015 NBC broadcasts of the "Premier Boxing Champions." He previously called boxing on NBC from 1980-2003, including three Summer Olympics highlighted by the controversial 1988 bouts in Seoul, South Korea. Albert also serves as the lead NBA voice and an NCAA basketball announcer for Turner Sports.
Albert's debut "PBC" on NBC boxing show on NBC features a pair of blockbuster bouts: Keith Thurman vs. Robert Guerrero, and Adrien Broner vs. John Molina Jr., live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
"I'm so thrilled to be part of boxing's primetime return to NBC, where I've had the good fortune to have been ringside for the call of so many exciting moments," Albert said.
"Marv's expertise and big-event voice make him the ideal choice to call boxing's return to primetime broadcast television," said Sam Flood, executive producer, NBC Sports and NBCSN. "Through the years, Marv has had many memorable boxing calls, and will now add his passion to the 'PBC on NBC.' "
Additional announcers for NBC Sports Group's "PBC" will be named in the coming weeks.
The March 7 primetime debut of "PBC" is the first major boxing match on NBC in primetime since Monday, May 20, 1985. That telecast was previewed in the Los Angeles Times by Larry Stewart as follows:
"NBC is treating Monday night's fight between Larry Holmes and Carl (The Truth) Williams in Reno as a major event. The network is bringing in its top production people to work the fight, and tons of equipment. Executive producer Mike Weisman will be on hand to oversee the production. Dick Enberg will be the telecast host, with Marv Albert and Ferdie Pacheco calling the action. NBC will superimpose a clock in the lower right corner of the screen that will go from zero to 3 minutes instead of starting at 3 minutes and counting down. Fight coverage will begin at 6 p.m. Monday, with Marvis Frazier facing James (Quick) Tillis in a scheduled 10-round preliminary."
Albert previously worked at NBC Sports for more than 20 years, serving as the primary play-by-play announcer for the NBA on NBC, and he called the action on properties including the NFL, NHL, MLB, college basketball, boxing and horse racing.
A multiple Emmy Award winner, Albert handled play-by-play duties for New Jersey Nets basketball on the YES Network from 2005-11, following more than three decades calling New York Knicks and New York Rangers games on Madison Square Garden Network. Albert got his start in sports broadcasting as the radio voice of the New York Giants football on WNEW-AM, and served as the sports anchor for WNBC (1975-87).
Beginning with the first show, Saturday, March 7, NBC and NBCSN will present 20 live "PBC" boxing events in 2015. Within the 20 live shows, NBC Sports Group will present more than 50 hours of "PBC" coverage, including NBCSN pre- and post-fight programming for NBC telecasts. The "Premier Boxing Champions" series is created for television by Haymon Boxing. The "PBC on NBC" will feature many of today's brightest stars.
All "PBC on NBC" shows will be streamed live on NBC Sports Live Extra via "TV Everywhere," giving consumers additional value for their subscription service.


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American tattoos
Amongst the oldest in the artwork, tattoo-designs have been a considerable part of the Native American tradition for hundreds of years now. There were several reasons why the Native Americans would be tattooed. Many gents from the winning tribes of a war would often acquire a tattoo-design signifying their conquest. Many Native American tribes were identified by their tattoo-designs. There were several guides that differentiated tribes and the locations they were from. Some Native Americans, particularly those from the northwestern parts of America, used tattoo arts to distinguish and recognize a women's village. Alaskan tribes used tattoo-designs to symbol the killing of an enemy. Several Native American tattoos inks held mystifying or sacred significance. Native Americans assumed that tattoo inks provided strength to those who had them on their bodies and/or faces. These tattoo-design were supposed to endow a individual with spiritual powers or strength. Native Americans took the tattoo-design of an animal, object, mythological creatures and even gods whose strength and power they wished to take after. The Lakota Indians needed that both men and women get tattoo designs to allow them to go into the afterlife, or they believed the spirits of their ancestors would not permit them to go into the afterlife.
Good skill was required in forming Native American tattoos. The Native Americans would use instruments like sharpened turtle or fish bones, or rock for needles to carve the tattoo image into flesh. The tattoo would then be loaded with soot or natural dyes as pigment to stain the injury. Because the tattoo-designs were made stroke by stroke chiseled into bare skin, it was a painful process. And the bigger and more elaborate the tattoo, more was the perception of Native American's pain enduring capability, which guaranteed that he was looked upon with awe and admiration by his tribe. There are particular tribal members skilled in the art of tattoo artistry. Skilled hands would make the tattoo with careful, smooth and slow motions, forming these patterns bit by bit. Because the procedure evolved, this body art can be carried out on the full body.
Today, numerous people are selecting to recognize themselves with Native American tattoos of their tribes. This is true for both with Native American heritage, as well as those who just know of the Native American heritage and appreciate the tradition. There need not be bits of Native American blood in you for you to justify receiving a tribal tattoo carried out. Also, as tribal art forms have become more predominant in today's society, Native American tattoos are normally a well-known request for many tattooists. Native American gods, mythical figures, animals, instruments, musicians, and feathers are among the most favorite Native American Tattoos being simulated today.
If you're seeking out a Native American tattoo with an real flare, consider having the tattoo ink made by an artist qualified in the art, and with good knowledge of it. Before choosing a design, it is recommended to search the broad collection of Native American tattoos creations available online. There are thousands of galleries online where you can get a huge range of tattoo samples and locate one that works for you.